By Wm. Mueller - -
Ornithology, ecology, environmentalism, and our life in the natural world

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Deepwater Horizon oil spill still affecting birds

"Scientists have identified the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil
in a land animal - the Seaside Sparrow. The scientists analyzed the diet
and feathers of sparrows collected more than a year after the oil
spill. The birds that were captured in habitats that were exposed to the
oil had a different chemical signature in their tissues than the birds
that were found in areas of the marsh that were not exposed to the oil."